The Main - Strings Department
String student achievements in performance, teaching, and scholarship.
2025-26
Awards and Competitions
NOLA Chamber Fest
New Orleans Friends of Music Emerging Ensemble Division
Vinola Trio (Li-Jie Yu, clarinet; Laurel Gagnon, violin; Ruoyang Xiang, piano), finalists
Erinys Quartet (Elizabeth Stewart, Joosep Reimaa, Marija Räisänen, Stergios Theodoridis), first prize
Publications
Jacob Burk (DM Viola)
Author, "Supporting Emotional Development in the Viola Studio through Intentional Listening and Creative Response" in Journal of the American Viola Society
2024-25
Appointments
New World Symphony Orchestra
New World Symphony Orchestra
Awards and Competitions
Jacobs Concerto Competition (Violin) - February 19, 2025
Danqi Zeng (DM Violin), winner
2023-24
Appointments
Awards and Competitions
2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant
2024 American Viola Society Competition
Orchestral Audition Competition
First Prize
2024 American Viola Society Competition
Collegiate Solo Competition
First Prize (shared)
2022-23
Appointments
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
New World Symphony Orchestra
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Kansas City Symphony
Awards & Competitions
Balourdet Quartet (graduate string quartet-in-residence)
Sumin Cheong (MM Viola), winner
Laurel Gagnon (AD Violin), winner
Yun Ya Lo (DM Cello), winner
Maria Cherkassova (BM Violin), winner